I always look forward to the backyard bird count in February. It seems like the birds like to stand up and be counted. My count included:
1 brown creeper
1 blue jay
10 house finches
7 chickadees
6 pine siskins
4 red breasted nut hatches
1 female downy wood pecker
1 male hairy woodpecker
3 mice
4 squirrels
1 chipmunk
4 deer
All of that bird watching made me hungry. To me bread is better than any dessert. This is one of my favorite recipes. It is a very hearty, flavorful, dark bread.
1 brown creeper
1 blue jay
10 house finches
7 chickadees
6 pine siskins
4 red breasted nut hatches
1 female downy wood pecker
1 male hairy woodpecker
3 mice
4 squirrels
1 chipmunk
4 deer
Some handsome house finches.
One chubby mouse.
Steakhouse Bread
1/2 c. bread flour
1 envelope yeast
1/2 c. water
Stir and let set until mixture appears to have a spongy texture.
2 T. cocoa
1 1/2 c. bread flour
1 c. rye flour
1 1/2 c. wheat flour
2 T. sugar
1 t. salt
Add to the yeast mixture. Then add...
1/4 c. almond oil (can use vegetable oil)
1 c. black coffee
Knead 12 minutes and let rise 1 hour. Shape into a loaf, put in buttered bread pan, and let rise 20 more minutes. Bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes.
Enjoy with a glass of wine, while counting the birds. Hope everyone else had a good weekend. Did you participate in the bird count?
I got 8 species and 108 birds at my feeder. It was a frantic count. I always enjoy looking over other counts and seeing what others discovered. If it had been 2 days before I got to see 30 Trumpeter Swans with thousands of geese and ducks at the lake.
ReplyDeleteI love that your snow is gone... We're still neck-deep in snow in the U.P.
ReplyDeleteOh you have quite the collection of things to watch out your window, you are very lucky. The bread sounds delicious. Hug B
ReplyDeleteTo cold here for mice to be out and about chipmunks to lol we have been in a deep freeze of -35C to -40C BRR ! 5 squirrels for birds here well 100 house sparrows or more , 20 White crowned and yellow crowned sparrows , 10 tree sparrows ,12 bluejays , 5 male Cardinals and 3 females , 30 junco , 2 Red bellied woodpeckers 3 male Downy woodpeckers, and 2 females . 20 Goldfinch for now more will come later , 10 Morning doves , and 15 Crows . Come the spring and summer we have about 35 or more different breeds in our yard at one time lol ! I bird watch every day as I am nuts for birds lol and have 6 seed hanging feeders , 2 flat feeders , and 3 suet's I have been a crazy birder for years lol ! I love living in a valley .That bread looks yummy . Thanks for sharing wonderful photos ! Have a good week !
ReplyDeleteWe have downy woodpeckers, pileated woodpecker, sap suckers and now a spotted Flicker which is also a wood pecker. The flicker is new to us. The woodpeckers will sit and peck on a tree or our metal chimney cap to call a mate or when they want us to bring out the suet feeders!
ReplyDeleteoohhhh you are doing really well with your birds!! i see most of them at my feeders in the yard!! the bread looks and sounds yummy!!!!
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